İstanbul court gives Turkish actress suspended sentence for allegedly insulting Erdoğan
An İstanbul regional court on Thursday handed down a suspended sentence of 11 months, 20 days to Turkish singer and actress Zuhal Olcay for...
Turkey’s confiscation of media companies taken to international tribunal
The Turkish government’s seizure of independent media companies is to be challenged in two international cases on the grounds that the multi-billion expropriations violate...
Turkey’s intelligence service abducts 2 people from Azerbaijan and Ukraine over Gülen links
Two people were detained abroad and transported to Turkey by agents of the country's notorious National Intelligence Organisation (MİT) on Thursday over their alleged...
Prominent members of Turkey’s major business family sentenced long prison terms over Gülen links
A Turkish court in central Kayseri province on Thursday sentenced prominent members of the Boydak family, the owners of Boydak Holding, to lengthy prison terms...
Turkish court sentences 84 defendants to aggravated life over their alleged role in coup...
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced 84 defendants to aggravated life imprisonment in a major case concerning a controversial coup attempt on July 15,...
Israeli court releases Turkish national Özkan pending trial
Turkish national Ebru Özkan, who has been under arrest since June 11 for allegedly aiding Palestinian group Hamas during a touristic visit to Jerusalem,...
Retired admiral hits out at Turkey’s new defence minister Hulusi Akar
Retired Vice Admiral of the Turkish Naval Forces Atilla Kıyat has sent a biting “congratulatory message” to Hulusi Akar, the former chief of general...
Turkish gov’t’s witch hunt targeting alleged members of Gülen movement goes on
The Turkish government has issued detention warrants for dozens of people and detained a large number of them as part of its massive post-coup...
Owner of printing house briefly detained over placard targeting Turkish President Erdoğan
The owner of an Ankara printing house that had printed a placard with cartoons targeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was briefly detained on...
Thirty-year-old woman dies of pneumonitis in Turkish prison
Nesrin Gençosman, a 30-year-old Turkish woman who was put in pretrial detention in May 2018 over alleged links to the Gülen movement, died on...
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